How do you guys drive stakes into deeper water, say 8'-12'
deep? It's not allowed in public waters here in Ohio, but I may use some tobacco stakes in a private lake and wanted to place them in mid depths or deeper. I can't think of a real easy way to get those stakes to the bottom and get enough leverage to push them in enough to hold. I know a lot of guys use concrete buckets or whatever. I am looking for a way to put them directly into the lake bottom. Any advice?
__________________ Eat what you keep, and only keep what you can eat....
How do you guys drive stakes into deeper water, say 8'-12'
deep? It's not allowed in public waters here in Ohio, but I may use some tobacco stakes in a private lake and wanted to place them in mid depths or deeper. I can't think of a real easy way to get those stakes to the bottom and get enough leverage to push them in enough to hold. I know a lot of guys use concrete buckets or whatever. I am looking for a way to put them directly into the lake bottom. Any advice?
i took two pcs of 1.5 inch pvc pipe and ran two galvanized bolts through the bottom section in the figure of a cross at varying depths depending on the depth of water i was driving them in and how much of the stake i wanted to stick up. i joined the pvc with a union so i could break it down for storage. with a 10 ft section i can drive stuff pretty easily in 8.5 ft of water or less. anything over 9 and you really need another small section.
I hear you about wanting to stick the stakes directly into the lake bottom--that's a good way to go.
For deeper water, I've been considering using pieces of re-bar as the anchoring method. If you have a 10-ft piece of re-bar, you can tie 11 wooden stakes to it. Ideally, when you drop it, the re-bar would lay flat on the bottom and the wood stakes would float vertically. A few of these laid down parallel or near each other would make a pretty good stake bed. I got some re-bar scrap that I've wanted to try this with, but haven't done it yet. Also, I'm thinking the re-bar might need some more weight, like a brick or two, to get all that wood down.
Hey TeqSheriff, won't the rebar rust? Is that the best thing to sink in a lake? Also, it seems the stakes would be able to sway quite a bit that way. Not sure that it would matter much.\
JusFshn, I'll gladly TRADE you some GPS coordinates. But I get yours first with a 100% guaruntee. That way if I don't slay 'em on yours, you don't get mine....Sounds like a fair deal to me.lol
__________________ Eat what you keep, and only keep what you can eat....
How do you guys drive stakes into deeper water, say 8'-12'
deep? It's not allowed in public waters here in Ohio, but I may use some tobacco stakes in a private lake and wanted to place them in mid depths or deeper. I can't think of a real easy way to get those stakes to the bottom and get enough leverage to push them in enough to hold. I know a lot of guys use concrete buckets or whatever. I am looking for a way to put them directly into the lake bottom. Any advice?
JusFshn, I'll gladly TRADE you some GPS coordinates. But I get yours first with a 100% guaruntee. That way if I don't slay 'em on yours, you don't get mine....Sounds like a fair deal to me.lol
Sounds like you want the gold mine and then give me the shaft.....
Besides, people can't hide their stuff anymore... With 2" seperation from Humminbird's side imaging there isn't a whole lot that gets past em'...
Just kidding there JusFshn, I'd never ask anyone for their secret spots. Now, if someone were to volunteer them, I'm all ears. But I don't mind putting in the work to make or find my own. Now doubt it's hard to hide stuff anymore with the side imaging. Good thing is that only one out of twenty boats, if that, have one. So most guys will still pass over it unless they see you fishing it and come back. The way I see it, if you can find it, have at it, but I hate squatters.
__________________ Eat what you keep, and only keep what you can eat....
stake beds?
,,,MIKE-P
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